Westminster, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Blue Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75409. It stands on Elm Grove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blue Ridge quadrangle. 1,035 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWestminster grew from 861 to 1,035 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 861 | |
| 2020 | 1,035 | +174 (+20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Blue Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
128 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Westminster between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,863 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1142 N BUS 78 FIRE |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1135 N BUS 78 FIRE |
| 23 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12080853 |
| 21 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 478 FIRE |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3133 FIRE |
| 15 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12078528 |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GLENWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westminster in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westminster | $15,000 | Power lines were blown down and outbuildings were damaged in Allen due to high winds. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westminster | $10,000 | A public report indicated that a house received significant roof damage from thunderstorm winds near the intersection of North Star Drive and Gracebridge, about halfway between Anna and Gunter. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westminster | - | Social media photos showed several trees blown down on Amen Corner off County Road 179 midway between Van Alstyne and Gunter. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westminster | - | Emergency management reported that a downed tree blocked the road near the intersection of FM 455 and County Road 828 in Weston. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Westminster | - | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Hail | Westminster | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Westminster | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Westminster | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q974920 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1388222. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.



